Red Mansion Daiyu, the Rise of the Lin Family

Chapter 426 Jia Yuanchun Pounding Rice

At this point, Jia's mother sighed again.

"But they don't really listen to me anymore. Let's just leave it to fate!"

Just as Grandmother Jia finished her words, Lin Daiyu changed the subject.

"Grandmother, do you think there was anything that belonged to my eldest cousin that was later given to Concubine Zhen as evidence of her guilt?"

When Lin Daiyu first heard that Mrs. Wang was arrested, she thought of this question and what the parrot had said when imitating the voice of the retired emperor.

"Why is that thing on Concubine Zhen's body?"

When Grandmother Jia heard this, her expression seemed to freeze. "Daiyu, what do you mean by that?"

Lin Daiyu couldn't tell where this story came from, so she said vaguely,

"Grandma, I think the things that my cousin hasn't explained yet must be related to Concubine Zhen."

"That's for sure. When your cousin entered the palace, her backer was Concubine Zhen."

"Concubine Zhen did such a big thing, and now the Jia family cannot escape the blame."

Grandmother Jia understood it very well.

If it was Jia Jing, he could be said to be a monk and had little to do with the Jia family.

But he cannot escape the connection with Jia Yuanchun's affairs.

Lin Daiyu was still asking herself, "What could possibly be related to Concubine Zhen, the Second Madam, and Yuanchun?"

When Jia's mother heard this, an idea flashed in her mind.

She murmured aloud,

"A thousand beauties share one cave, and ten thousand beauties share the same sorrow."

Lin Daiyu's mind suddenly went blank, and she turned back sharply.

"Grandma, what did you just read?"

Grandmother Jia sighed, "It's a golden lock that your second aunt gave to Yuanchun."

“There are these words on it.”

"She said it was given by a monk."

"I don't know why she got dizzy and gave it to Yuanchun."

"If such an unlucky thing enters the palace, it will be a capital crime."

"So that's it! Thousands of beauties in one cave, thousands of beauties in one sorrow, actually appeared here."

"But can bad luck kill people?"

Lin Daiyu's shoulders slumped for a moment, and then she asked herself.

……

Deep in the palace,

"My daughter! How did you become like this?" Mrs. Wang finally saw her daughter whom she had been thinking about day and night.

But now Jia Yuanchun no longer has the elegance and grace she once had, but instead looks haggard.

She was pounding rice in the cold palace, and rice dandruff fell on her face and head, making her look messy.

She heard Mrs. Wang's call, looked up suddenly and saw Mrs. Wang coming in, and immediately ran into the house with the rice pounding tools, then closed the door tightly.

"My daughter! Open the door, I am your mother!"

"Open the door!" Mrs. Wang was crying outside and begging.

"My proud daughter of heaven, how did you become like this?"

She felt so heartbroken that she couldn't breathe. She turned around and questioned the eunuch who had brought her here.

"Why? What crime did she commit?"

"Can I do it for her?"

"Take the blame for her?" Mrs. Wang's voice seemed to be torn apart.

She really couldn't bear to see her daughter doing this. From the moment Jia Yuanchun was born, she had placed high hopes on her and invited famous teachers to guide her and teach her rules and knowledge.

She was born on the first day of the first lunar month and was born to be a superior person.

Until now, she is still pounding rice in the cold palace.

How can anyone tolerate this?

I am in so much pain that I want to die...

……

The eunuch did not answer for a moment.

"I want to see King Nan'an!" Mrs. Wang roared. She felt that it must be King Nan'an who would not let her daughter go.

Otherwise he would have become a saint.

Isn't it simple to release a woman from the deep palace?

The only answer she got was the gentle breeze.

At this time, a man came from a distance.

When Mrs. Wang saw this man, she saw her savior.

"Brother! Why are you here?"

"You're here to help me, aren't you?"

The person who came was my brother Wang Ziteng.

Wang Ziteng was not happy to see him, but was furious.

He rushed over suddenly.

"Pa!" A slap hit my sister's face.

Mrs. Wang covered her face and backed away repeatedly.

"What's wrong! Brother, why?"

She looked terrified because her brother had never hit her before.

"why."

She covered her face in pain and immediately felt it swell up, tears welling up in her eyes.

She swallowed them.

She wants to ask why?

Wang Ziteng threw something to her.

"Did you give this to her?"

"You say that to her face now!"

"Did you give it to her?"

Mrs. Wang took the thing in her hand and looked at it. She was startled and threw it away.

“Why is it still this thing?”

It’s still that gold lock piece.

"What do you think? Is that right?" Wang Ziteng's eyes were fixed on Mrs. Wang like knives.

Mrs. Wang was very angry when she saw her brother was so angry.

She didn't dare answer.

My daughter still refuses to admit it. Does that mean she cannot admit it?

But I have admitted it before!

"Brother..." She just called him brother blankly, hoping someone could give her an explanation.

But no, everyone looked at her with disgust.

"In the end what happened?"

"Speak!"

"This is just a golden locket given by a monk. Yes! It was Jia Zheng."

"He said it was given by a monk!"

"Ask him."

At this time, I only heard Wang Ziteng say bitterly,

"You think you didn't ask him?"

"Already asked."

"He denied asking you to give it to Jia Yuanchun."

"He said you acted on your own, he just handed the things to you."

"I'll let you keep it."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang suddenly burst into laughter, “Hahaha…”

This is the man I gave birth to his children.

At the critical moment, everything is left clean.

I had clearly asked him before sending it, and he hadn't denied it. Now that disaster was imminent, he denied it clearly.

Since you have no way to refute it, just admit it!

But what about the daughter?

How innocent is she?

Are you carrying it alone?

Can you afford it?

Mrs. Wang felt a sharp pain on her face and her heart was in turmoil.

This decision was difficult to make and she couldn't find a way out.

At this time, Wang Ziteng continued to say,

"Tell her about it."

"Now that Prince Nan'an has ascended to the throne, there is room for maneuver in the Emperor's will."

"If she admits it, maybe we can just kill the entire Jia family."

"If you continue to be stubborn, I will kill all nine clans, and the Wang family will be among them."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang fell to the ground with a thump.

Why is it that whether you admit it or not, you will die?

What monstrous disaster had occurred?

"Daughter, open the door."

"Tell mom about it."

"Mom will help you think of a solution."

"Now that Prince Nan'an has ascended the throne, mother, go and kowtow to Jia Min."

"Mom, go and beg her."

"Let her talk to King Nan'an."

"My daughter! Is there anything you can't tell me?"

Having said this, Mrs. Wang knelt down at Jia Yuanchun's door and began to beg again.

With a creak, the door opened from the inside and Jia Yuanchun stood at the door.

Seeing his mother crying uncontrollably and his face red and swollen, he said lightly,

"Come in, mother."

Then he said coldly to Wang Ziteng,

"Uncle, you have taken the wrong path. Even if you are anxious to redeem yourself from your crime, there is no need to rush now."

"Why do you have to force us mother and daughter so hard?"

A gloomy look flashed across Wang Ziteng's eyes.

He said to Jia Yuanchun,

"I just didn't expect that after His Majesty there would be an Emperor Emeritus, and after the Emperor Emeritus there would be the Prince of Nan'an."

"If I make a wrong choice at the moment, I can choose again."

"The first thing I have to do now is to complete the task given to me by the Emperor."

"This is also my token of allegiance."

"Because of this matter, it is not convenient for King Nan'an to take action."